Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia GESL 2 Communication

Institute of Foreign Languages MIDTERM PRACTICE EXAM English in Common 1B

Name: Pea Ratha (ID: 2230502) Class: ______Upali_____ Time: _____8:00-9:30___

SECTION I: LISTENING
Listen to the recording and write down the speaker’s job and place of work.

1) I’m a __________. I work in a _____________ 2) I’m a __________. I work in a ________________

3) I’m a __________. I work in a _____________ 4) I’m a __________. I work in a ________________

5) I’m a __________. I work in a _____________ 6) I’m a __________. I work in a ________________

7) I’m a __________. I work in a _____________ 8) I’m a __________. I work in a ________________

SECTION II: VOCABULARY
A. Writing Sentences
Choose five words from the boxes to write five sentences.
sad (adj.) window (n.) cook (v.) difficult (adj.) appetizers (n.)
watch (v.) thin (adj.) lamb (n.) factory (n.) third (ord.num.)

0) The teacher looks sad today.

1) _________________________________________________________________________________
2) _________________________________________________________________________________
3) _________________________________________________________________________________
4) _________________________________________________________________________________
5) _________________________________________________________________________________

B. Filling in the blanks

Complete the sentences with the correct words from the boxes.
lunch (n.) bathtub (n.) happy (adj.) work out (v.) fun (adj.) sink (n.)
heavy (adj.) attend (v.) soup (n.) design (v.) snacks (n.)

0) I always eat rice for lunch .

1) Do you always have so much ___________________ when you have a party?
2) How often do you _____________________ in a week?
3) We don’t have a _____________________ in our house. We only have a shower.
4) I want to go to art school and learn ___________________.
5) Do you eat __________________ between meals?

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C. Opposite
Write the opposite meaning for each word.
0) young old__
1) tall _________________________________ 6. expensive ________________________________
2) ugly _________________________________ 7. smart ____________________________________
3) small ________________________________ 8. rich _____________________________________
4) high _________________________________ 9. thin _____________________________________
5) right _________________________________ 10. sad _____________________________________
D. Word Differences
Circle the different word in each row.
0) breakfast lunch vegetables dinner
1) school shoes office factory
2) sell buy cook newspaper
3) movie magazine report book
4) bedroom kitchen roof bathroom
5) fish pasta beef chicken

SECTION III: GRAMMAR

A. Verb ‘Like’ and ‘Want’
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of ‘want’ or ‘like’.
0) Marcus wants to play soccer.
1) My cat _______________ to eat kibble.
2) Tipanha _____________________ (not) to see the movie.
3) Sokunthy may _______________ to go shopping. You should ask her.
4) Pisey and Manet both __________________ swimming.
5) Pich _________________ to buy some new shoes.
6) Naomi and Tony ________________ (not) listening to country music.
7) Minea _____________________ (not) to share her potato chips.
8) Dogs ________________ chasing cars.
9) Many people __________________ to have a lot of money.
10) Some people ___________________ (not) to show off how much money they have.

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B. Pronouns
Circle the correct word in the parentheses to complete the sentences.
0) He’s my best friend. I really like (he / him).
1) You Eng borrowed Jane’s book. This morning, she gave it back to (hers / her).
2) That’s my photograph. It belongs to (me / mine).
3) That couple look worried. Maybe the little lost child belongs to (their / them).
4) I threw the ball to David and it hit (his / him) on the nose.
5) We’ll look after your key. Give it to (ours / us) for safekeeping.
C. Verb ‘To have’
Circle the correct word in parentheses.
0) I ( have / has) two cell phones.
1) Nakhin and her sister (have / has) no free time this week.
2) I (have / has) a new baby brother.
3) My teacher (have / has) a funny-looking blue car.
4) For the whole week, Vanvolita (have / has) no classes.
5) Makara’s family (have / has) built a new house in the province.
D. Do and Does
Circle the correct word in parentheses ( ).
0) I ( do / does) my homework every day.
1) Vandy (don’t / doesn’t) like ice cream.
2) Maneth and Eang Hong (do /does) exercise every morning.
3) Darith’ sisters (don’t / doesn’t) study or have jobs.
4) (Do /Does) Darith’s sister’s boyfriends live at home?
5) In the end, we did all we could (do / does).
E. Adverbs of Frequency
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
0) afternoon / watches / TV / never / He / in the → He never watches TV in the afternoon
1) weekend / sometimes / go for / a walk / I / on the
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2) Rithoeng / hardly ever / smokes
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3) do / often / see / you / Noya / hometown / when / visit / your / you / ?

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4) always / my cat / sleeps / wardrobe / in the
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5) Menghak / pizza / eats / occasionally
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F. Write Questions and Short Answers
Write questions and short answers with the words given.
0) (John Stockton / eat a lot) (yes) →Does John Stockton eat a lot? Yes, he does.
0) (your mother and father speak English) (no) →Do your mother and father speak English? No, they
don’t.
1) (Tyson Fury / punch hard) (yes) _______________________________________________________
2) (my teacher’s cat / like dogs) (no) ______________________________________________________
3) (the Williams sisters / look like women) (no)
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4) (scary dogs / bark loudly) (yes) ________________________________________________________
5) (a ghost movie / make you scream) (yes) ________________________________________________
SECTION IV: READING
Read the passage and answer the questions with complete sentences.
Mei is my best friend. She’s a yoga teacher. She’s not rich, but she’s happy. She eats salad every
day. She doesn’t eat fast food, and she doesn’t watch TV.
Frank is my brother and he’s a biker. He’s pretty tall and very intelligent. He eats fast food for
breakfast every day. He doesn’t take a shower every day.
Roberta is my aunt. She’s a sales rep. She starts work at eight thirty in the morning, and she
finishes work at nine o’clock at night. She’s not a happy person.
Adam is a musician. He gets up at 11 o’clock in the morning, and he goes to bed at 2 o’clock in
the morning. He’s not very intelligent- but it’s OK- he’s good-looking and he’s my husband. I love him!
1) Who works for more than 12 hours a day? _______________________________________________
2) Who eats an unhealthy breakfast? ______________________________________________________
3) Who goes to bed very late? ___________________________________________________________
4) Who has a healthy lifestyle? __________________________________________________________
5) Who is married to the person telling us this information? ___________________________________

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